Jake's Corner

BILLY RAY CYRUS was on "Piers Morgan Tonight" last night talking about MILEY'S "VMA" performance. He said, quote, "Miley harnessed into something very special. She's just Miley. She's an artist, she's real. I think that's what's happened over the years, Miley has been reinventing her sound. She's evolving as an artist herself . . . That's still my Miley."

In a clip from her upcoming MTV documentary, MILEY CYRUS says, quote, "I was born to become who I am right now. Right now I'm in a point in my career where I'm exactly what I wanna be, who I wanna be . . . You're always gonna make people talk. You might as well make them talk for like, two weeks, rather than two seconds."

LIAM HEMSWORTH'S alleged new girlfriend EIZA GONZALEZ was at a press conference for a movie, and reporters just wanted to talk about the relationship. She told them, quote, "I have nothing to say about that subject." She tried to keep things focused on the movie, but they kept pressing, so her managers ended the interview.

ELLEN DEGENERES is the Most Likeable Woman in Hollywood, according to a survey. Ellen got 35.1% of the vote, followed by JENNIFER LAWRENCE with 17.7% and EMMA STONE with 13.4%.

Not surprisingly, JAY Z and BEYONCÉ top the Forbes.com list of the Highest-Earning Celebrity Couples. They banked $95 million over the past year. TOM BRADY and GISELE BUNDCHEN came in second, with combined earnings of $80 million. They were followed by BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE with $50 million.

TMZ says ZAC EFRON went to rehab TWICE earlier this year, once after a major relapse. RadarOnline claims Zac was partying pretty hard with CHARLIE SHEEN for a while, but Charlie denies it. And Zac's friend ROB LOWE Tweeted this . . . quote, "A thought: if you only find out a person has been to rehab weeks or months after they got out, they're probably serious about recovery."

"Django Unchained" star KERRY WASHINGTON has been named "People" magazine's Best-Dressed Woman of 2013. The rest of this year's 10 Best-Dressed is:

Jennifer Lawrence

Nicole Richie

Zoe Saldana

Emma Stone

Lily Collins

Kate Bosworth

Jessica Chastain

Solange Knowles

Jenna Dewan-Tatum

The "National Enquirer" says that JIM CARREY'S failed relationship with JENNY MCCARTHY and diminishing box office appeal are starting to wear him down. Sources say Jim is missing Jenny, and having a hard time seeing her doing so well, both career-wise and with her new boyfriend DONNIE WAHLBERG. Friends are worried that he's headed for a nervous breakdown.

It's time for our weekly "GWYNETH PALTROW is a Diva" story. "Life & Style" magazine says Gwyneth even plays the princess when she goes to the gym. A source says, quote, "Before she showers she makes someone go into the stall and wipe the entire shower dry. She refuses to touch what she calls 'somebody else's shower water.'" That's not all . . . quote, "She also refuses to use toilet paper that anyone has touched and demands an unopened package." Gwyneth's rep says none of this is true.

Liam Hemsworth has already moved on from Miley Cyrus: He was spotted kissing Mexican actress Eiza Gonzalez at her apartment complex in Beverly Hills. Liam and Gonzalez were first spotted together over the weekend at a club in Las Vegas. He went to her place on Tuesday to return some luggage and they were spotted kissing outside the building.

LINDSAY LOHAN is reportedly dating former Texas Longhorns quarterback MATT NORDGREN. After college he had a very brief and uneventful NFL career in 2006, then starred on the 2011 Bravo reality show "Most Eligible Dallas". Nordgren won't admit he's actually dating Lindsay, but he recently said, quote, "We've hung out. But I have been a friend trying to support her for many years now. She's completely sober now. She's in a great place and working hard and meeting with all the right people."

When JENNIFER ANISTON and JUSTIN THEROUX moved in together, she wouldn't let him display his STD ARTWORK. He says, quote, "I have these beautiful wax-museum pieces, handmade, from the 1800s, from a museum of curiosities. They're just these open mouths, with tongues, and in the throats are different stages, labeled, of syphilis and gonorrhea and whatever." He moved them to his office in L.A. --Justin also reveals that one of the reasons he and Jennifer bought their $21 million home is because it came with SIX CHICKENS. He says, quote, "[The previous owners] were like, 'Of course we'll get rid of the chickens.' And we said, 'Are you crazy? Don't get rid of the chickens. That's half the reason we wanted this place.'"

BRAD PITT took a picture with a bride and groom who were getting married at a hotel where Brad was having a business meeting. Some witnesses claim SHIA LABEOUF was at the meeting, too . . . and NOBODY paid attention to him.

The "National Enquirer" says O.J. SIMPSON is freaking out because he hid some incriminating items from the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman in his Florida home . . . including the MURDER WEAPON. And the house is about to be foreclosed on and auctioned off.

It's official: MILEY CYRUS and LIAM HEMSWORTH are finished. Reps for both of them confirmed it yesterday. We don't know WHY they split, but there are rumors that Liam was cheating, and that he was fed up with Miley's new image and attitude.

Here's MILEY CYRUS explaining her behavior in the new issue of "Harper's Bazaar" . . . quote, "I was an adult when I was supposed to be a kid. So now I'm an adult and I'm acting like a kid."

SOFIA VERGARA and her on-again, off-again boyfriend NICK LOEB are OFF again. And this is after getting engaged last year on Sofia's 40th birthday. They dated for about three years. There's no word why they split, but there have been rumors that he's a SERIAL CHEATER.

In an interview with an Australian magazine, ROBERT PATTINSON may have given some insight into where KRISTEN STEWART stands with him. He said, quote, "I don't ever feel the need to forgive or expect people to be. I judge people on their actions. I don't really care if it's wrong or right, I give them the benefit of the doubt. If they do something I can't be bothered to deal with, I just cut them out."

DINA LOHAN turned 51 on Sunday, and she celebrated with all four of her kids: LINDSAY, ALI, Cody and Michael Jr. Here's something she DIDN'T celebrate with: ALCOHOL. Seriously . . . almost the entire Lohan family got together at a restaurant that serves booze . . . and NOBODY DRANK. Sources say they ordered Diet Cokes, waters, Shirley Temples and cherry sodas all night."

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that RIHANNA enjoys the occasional reefer cigarette. But her friend KATY PERRY kind of called her on it in an interview with "Elle Canada". She said, quote, "I think Rihanna always looks so fresh and I'm like, 'How do you do that? We all know how much pot you smoke!' And you don't sleep because you're on Instagram at 4 o'clock in the morning!"

LEBRON JAMES married his high school sweetheart Savannah Brinson at the Grand Del Mar resort in San Diego on Saturday night. Guests included several NBA stars, plus the owner and coach of the Miami Heat. There are also reports that BEYONCÉ and JAY Z performed "Crazy In Love".

JOHN LEGEND married model CHRISSY TEIGEN in Lake Como, Italy on Saturday. Guests included Kanye West, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder and Brooklyn Decker. John sang "All of Me" . . . a song he wrote for Chrissy . . . and Stevie sang "Ribbon in the Sky".

In the digital age, this is as much proof of a breakup as anything: MILEY CYRUS has UN-FOLLOWED her fiancé LIAM HEMSWORTH on Twitter. Interestingly, Liam is still following Miley. Hers is one of only 17 feeds he follows.

On that TV show "The Test", MICHAEL LOHAN challenged his ex-wife DINA to take a drug test. She refused. The show aired on Thursday. And that night, Dina got a DUI on Long Island. Dina was pulled over at about 11:00 P.M. for going 77 mph in a 55 mile-per-hour zone. She had a blood-alcohol level of .2% . . . which is more than TWICE the legal limit of .08%. Here's another interesting detail: Dina claimed she was INJURED during her arrest. She was evaluated by emergency personnel who said nothing was wrong with her . . . and at that point, police say she, quote, "recanted her claim."

PAULA DEEN was brought to tears by a 10-MINUTE STANDING OVATION at a cooking convention in Houston on Saturday. She told the crowd, quote, "We all experience pain in some way but pain is also a good thing because it makes you grow."

KHLOE KARDASHIAN is reportedly trying to keep LAMAR ODOM from hemorrhaging money by putting a hold on their credit cards. Even though Lamar has his own millions, Khloe apparently controls the cash flow in the relationship. But Lamar has been getting around it by hocking jewelry.